One last time (and then I give up....)
Tim Ware
tim at hyperarts.com
Tue Dec 9 14:18:04 CST 2008
Hey folks,
I definitely don't want to be the list-mom here, and perhaps the
preponderance of cruft (junk formatting code) on this list doesn't
bother anyone else, but today's post had this lovely bit which I found
totally unreadable, and I'm sure Mark has something to say here.
Remember, this isn't about all of us not having email programs that
can handle HTML email; it's because waste.org processes users' posts
and all the formatting code in them is displayed as code.
The following is Mark Kohut's email. Another from John Bailey was also
junk-laden. I have to say I almost split a gut laughing when I saw
this one:
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:32:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Subject: that 'creeping fig' again and what Vineland has come to.
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Ficus pumila =A1Sonny=A2=0Acreeping fig=0ACreeping fig is an evergreen
vine=
which attaches itself securely to wood or metal masonry, making a
delicate=
tracery of small heart shaped leaves. This cultivar offers creamy
white ma=
rgins on the deep green foliage. In time the stems can cover a lot of
terri=
tory. Cut it to the ground occasionally to keep in bounds. Can grow in
sun =
or shade, but prefers cooler environments with regular
water.=0A___________=
____________________________________________=0AIn Pynchon's poetic
symbolog=
y, plants, like trees, like wind and much else that is 'natural', is a
posi=
tive association. =0A=A0=0AThe Vineland the Vikings=A0found in
northern Nor=
th America could grow grapes for wine--in the 900s. It got colder--a
negati=
ve association in Pynchon---since. =0A=A0=0ANow, this=A0fecund VINE,
with "=
the small heart-shaped leaves"--reminds me of the "Wand'ring Heart"
wood gr=
ain in the card table early in "Mason & Dixon"---cannot grow figs,
only whi=
te margins and sometimes a small flower. =0A=A0=0AAnd there is
Heartsease i=
n Against the Day.=0A=A0=0A(As mentioned, 'creeping fig' is not
'invasive' =
unless, like=0AZoyd, the Dude, one neglects it.)=0A=A0=0AZoyd neglects
much=
. He is entropic, so to speak metaphorically. =0A=A0=0A(He wakes from
a dre=
am before any=A0"communication"--=A0and, either=0Ahe, or the TV
studios, mi=
scommunicate concerning his appearance. I'd bet on him.)
=0A=A0=0ACommunica=
tion not happening----deep TRP theme, of course.=0A=A0=0AA massive
falling-=
off. Degradation: One of Henry Adams' lesser-known works is The
Degradation=
of the Democratic Ideal. Could=0Areally apply to Vineland, no, as we
are a=
ll going to=A0encounter again?=0A_________________=0A=A0=0AThe
dystopian sa=
tire is fiercely, albeit comically,=A0(=A0almost) =A0total, I suggest.
(By =
'fierce' here I mean intense/pervasive, even when quietly
so.)=0A=A0=0ATree=
s-- as per the hardcover cover. Now yuppified Logjam Bars.
=0A=A0=0AThe 'fo=
od'. More degradation.=0AZoyd's scam. =0AZoyd's relationship with his
daugh=
ter. =0A=A0=0AThis land is ..............NOT the Vikings Vineland, not
even=
close to Mason & Dixon's land........=0A=0A=0A
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=3D4>Creeping fig is an evergreen vine which attaches itself securely
to wo=
od or metal masonry, making a delicate tracery of small heart shaped
leaves=
. This cultivar offers creamy white margins on the deep green foliage.
In t=
ime the stems can cover a lot of territory. Cut it to the ground
occasional=
ly to keep in bounds. Can grow in sun or shade, but prefers cooler
environm=
ents with regular
water.<BR>_______________________________________________=
________</FONT></P>=0A<P><FONT
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iation </FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>in Pynchon---since. </
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ed leaves"--reminds me of the "Wand'ring Heart" wood grain in the card
tabl=
e early </FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D4>in "Mason
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course=
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massive fal=
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rvasive, even when quietly so.)</FONT></FONT></P>=0A<P><FONT
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